"The very basic thing you must do is to see the child."

But it's far more natural to know a few basic things about an individual before meeting him or her.

The basic things you do to get out the door I have trouble doing by myself.

Some of us had to learn to do basic things when we got here.

"People will be happy if basic things work better than before."

Or how to do so basic a thing as live.

This seems a very basic thing to get wrong, so I'm trying to work out how it could be true.

The basic things expected by the American people were simple.

The basic thing my mother always wanted is that I should be married.

Simple living says that a person needs only few and basic things to be happy.